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ALERT: FY2025 NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Funding Cut by More than 50%
A recent investigative report on 15 years of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis (R&A) program funding showed relatively flat funding profile that conflicted with recommendations by NRC Planetary Decadal Surveys an by Congress. On the…
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An Investigative Report on the Funding of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs, FY2011-FY2025
Detailed budget information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, Presidential Budget Requests and other sources within the government reveals that NASA has systematically failed to implement decades of recommendations by the National Academies as…
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A Petition for Continued Funding of Measurements by NASA’s New Horizons Mission (James Green)
It is my (James Green, former Planetary Science Division Director) understanding that continued New Horizons heliophysics measurements are threatened unless NASA finds a way for the Heliophysics Division to fund the data collection and downlink.…
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Opposition to OMB Proposed Modifications to Regulations for Federal Grants
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance: Proposed Rule The following is my personal opinion and does not represent the view of the Planetary Science Institute and does not make any representations of behalf of the Planetary…
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A Sudden Decline in US Planetary Meetings in 2025
2025 has been a difficult year for all science in the United States. Science agencies, including NASA and NSF, are being threatened with wildly reduced funding levels in the President’s Budget Request for 2026 with…
